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Carrying Diwali gifts to others, delivery agents hang on to incentive hopes

Delivery partners, riders or executives. Their designations are different, the mission the same shouldering outsized backpacks crammed with everything from lipsticks to lamps, and maybe even laptops, as they zigzag through streets delivering necessities and festivities to our doorsteps. It's Diwali but one edged with anxiety for the band of men on motorcycles and cycles, a familiar sight in cities across India whose work becomes more frantic during festivals. Making an average of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 a month, they hope to earn an incentive, or at least a box of sweets in the season. Chandan, who works with a logistics company that handles couriers for brands such as FirstCry, Snapdeal and Ajio, is one of them. He usually delivers 50-60 parcels a day but this can go as high as 100 during Diwali. Does he get something by way of an incentive for Diwali after working to fulfil orders? The 30-year-old responded with an emphatic no. Let alone incentives, I will count myself lucky if

Paytm Mall becomes first to go live on ONDC in Bengaluru beta test

People can place orders in grocery and restaurant segments for now

Delivery execs' well-being a priority, have Rs 1 L medical cover: Zomato

The delivery giant also offers Rs 5,000 worth of Out-Patient Department (OPD) support, which can be extended to their families

Delhiites in favour of EV transition for delivery, e-commerce firms: Survey

A new consumer survey shows strong support from Delhi consumers for the proposed aggregator scheme of the city government which requires a time-bound transition to electric vehicles by last-mile delivery and e-commerce companies. The proposed scheme sets an April 30, 2030 deadline for the complete transition of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EV) among e-commerce, delivery and transport logistics service providers. Commissioned by the Sustainable Mobility Network and conducted by CMSR Consultants, the survey shows that 80 per cent of the 1,508 respondents in Delhi attributed last-mile delivery vehicles as one of the reasons for rising air pollution in the city. According to the survey, 95.2 per cent of the respondents agreed that a switch to EVs by delivery companies is important for addressing air pollution issues and mitigating climate change. The survey, conducted through a mix of offline on-ground interviews (70 per cent) and online survey responses (30

Quick commerce not just a fad, here to stay, says Jefferies report

The Jefferies report was based on a visit to one of Blinkit's dark stores in NCR

Peel Works to procure 100 EVs, replace delivery vehicle fleet to electric

Business-to-business commerce player Peel Works is probably the first firm that is planning to replace its entire fleet of fossil fuel-based delivery vehicles with electric ones and procure 100 EVs in the first phase. Peel Works, a Mumbai-headquartered B2B (business-to-business) grocery e-commerce company, is in talks with Piaggio, Tata Motors, Mahindra and Greaves for procuring 100 EVs (electric vehicles) for its distribution business. It operates the retail management platform, Taikee, and Manpower, Payroll management and Logistics as service platform 1SF. "We have plans to shift entirely to EVs (electric vehicles). As of now, in the first phase, we are planning to take 100 EVs ahead of this festival season. If it went well then we will go for more EVs deployment," the company's co-founder and supply chain Head, Lt Col Pushkar Raj (Retd) told PTI. He further told that the company is in talks with Piaggio, Tata Motors, Mahindra, and Greaves to procure 100 EVs (light goods vehicles

Delhivery plans to hire over 75,000 employees to expedite parcel sortation

Logistics firm Delhivery on Friday announced its plans to hire over 75,000 staff for seasonal jobs over the next one-and-a-half month and expand its parcel sortation capacity by 1.5 million shipments per day. Of these, over 10,000 people will be off-roll employees across Delhivery's gateways, warehouses, and last-mile delivery, the company said. The hiring is aimed at meeting the expected higher volumes in both parcels and express part-truck load business during the festive season, it added. The company's fully-automated mega gateway, which is equipped with the automated parcel and hub sortation at Tauru became operational in April this year. The company said it will also double down on its various partner programmes by onboarding individual bikers, local retailers, business partners and transporters with plans to roll out a revenue payout of Rs 150-crore across all programmes. Delhivery said it will hire 50,000 last-mile agents under its Last-Mile Agent programme alone, which off

Dunzo Daily to increase delivery time and reduce distance: Report

Company backed by Reliance Retail won't expand to new cities after burning more than Rs 100 cr in the last quarter

Meta partners with DoorDash to deliver Marketplace items in the US

Meta has partnered with online delivery platform DoorDash to deliver Marketplace items located up to 15 miles (nearly 25 km) away in the US

Women kirana partners lead deliveries for Flipkart in India's remote areas

The programme enables the kirana partners to make limited time-based deliveries contingent on their comfort and availability and has enabled large-scale participation from women

Logistics firm Delhivery to provide same-day delivery in 15 cities

Service will improve consumer experience and reduce return rates, says company that recently launched an IPO

Liquor firms ask Maharashtra govt to allow home delivery, drop ban

Maharashtra allowed home delivery of liquor during the coronavirus pandemic under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It withdrew the permission from June 3

Swiggy plan offers unlimited free deliveries from restaurants 10 km away

Membership programme has exclusive offers on 1,000 products in Instamart, the company's daily essentials service.

Myntra starts under 48-hour delivery for fashion and beauty products

The 'M-Express' service will work in more than 1,300 pin codes and earn customer loyalty, says the company.

Grocery delivery firm Instacart marches to IPO despite stock market turmoil

The company has confidentially filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission to start the process for a stock market listing

Swiggy scales down Supr Daily, temporarily suspends Swiggy Genie

The company in a blog stated that its restructuring Supr Daily and the services will be suspended in five cities, it also said that Swiggy Genie will be temporarily suspended in 3 cities.

Navankur Infranergy starts mobile fuel station for doorstep diesel delivery

'Booster Diesel' will meet the demand for diesel by various end-users at their doorstep, according to a release

Zepto starts 10-min pilot for snack delivery in Mumbai, won't send food

CEO Aadit Palicha says delivery partners won't be at risk and will travel short distances.

JioMart Express pilot to start this week as quick deliveries demand rises

The pilot is expected to begin with select numbers in Navi Mumbai and will eventually be rolled out in phases to include the rest of Mumbai and another one or two cities in the next one to two months.

PM Fasal Beema Yojana to launch a doorstep distribution drive

The Centre is set to launch a doorstep distribution drive for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY) that entered its seventh year on Friday.